Bernice Zeola Smith (1924-1979)

Bernice Zeola Smith was born on 29 April 1924 in Mississippi. She died on 17 March 1979 in Mississippi. She is buried in the Covington Cemetery in Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi.

Curtis Reeves & Bernice Smith

Bernice Zeola Smith's headstone

 

The Clarke County Tribune, 23 Mar 1979 
   Services for Mrs. Bernice Zeolia Reeves, 54, of Route 3, were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Northrup Chapel Baptist Church. The Rev. Ed Holloman, the Rev. J.C. Williams, and the Rev. Herman Clark officiated with interment in Covington Cemetery.
   Mrs. Reeves died Saturday at H.C. Watkins Memorial Hospital here.
   Survivors include her husband, Curtis Reeves, Quitman; a son, Wayne Reeves, Quitman; six daughters, Mrs. Charlotte Fleming, Mrs. Sylvia Smith, Miss Kathy Reeves, Mrs. Bernice Napp, all of Quitman, Mrs. Jackie Smith, Stonewall and Mrs. Jo Ann Roberts, Vossburg; three brothers, Earnest Smith, Jack Smith and Ray Smith, all of Pascagoula; six sisters, Mrs. Sally Mae Stewart, Mrs. Evie Lee Smith, Mrs. Earline Reeves, Mrs. Bobbie Reynolds and Mrs. Geraline Robinson, all of Quitman, and Mrs. Fay White, Louisville; and 13 grandchildren; mother-in-law, Mrs. Mamie Reeves, Quitman and father-in-law C.J. Reeves, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
   Wright Funeral Home was in charge.

PARENTS
Louis Webb Smith
Virgie Louise Taylor

SPOUSE
Curtis Reeves

CHILDREN
Louise Lavern Reeves
Charlotte Beatrice Reeves
Jackie Reeves
Curtis Wayne Reeves
Bernice Reeves
JoAnn Reeves
Sylvia Reeves
Kathy Reeves

SOURCES

• 1930 census, Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi

• 1940 census, Beat 1, Clarke, Mississippi

• The Clarke County Tribune, 23 Mar 1979

• Find A Grave